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Officials in Quebec are banking on a massive cull of the province's deer population to help prevent the spread of a fatal disease after its first-ever case was detected on a game farm north of Montreal.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, September 23, 2018, he has confidence in the ability of the Spanish government and its people to resolve the Catalan secession crisis in a way that respects freedom of expression.

Female foreign ministers convened in Montreal on Friday for an "historic" meeting co-hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and her counterpart in the European Union, Federica Mogherini.

The leader of Quebec's right-of-centre party may have softened his approach on Thursday, but it's unclear whether he has changed any of his positions on immigration.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante wants her city to be carbon neutral by 2050, making the pledge on the first day of a global summit promoting action on climate change in San Francisco.

Just north of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, is a Quebec nationalist heartland where cynicism about politics reigns and labour shortages are beginning to sting.

On a late-summer evening in Montreal this week, with the humidex topping 30 C, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois started knocking in earnest on doors in his riding.

Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasing enrolment.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec has boasted that it will have more women than men running in the provincial election campaign — a big change for the party, which opinion polls suggest is leading the governing Liberals.

As the Quebec provincial election campaign kicks off in full swing, residents of Montreal should be aware of a few key changes that could impact their vote on Oct. 1.

Justin Trudeau will run again in the 2019 federal election.

Hate speech and the politics of division are creating a "dangerous path" for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, August 20, 2018, as he vowed to steer clear of such roads and to continue calling out those who rely on "extremist" methods to make their voices heard.

Cities around the globe felt record-breaking, red-hot temperatures this July: In the United States, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Algeria, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Oman and China, the thermostat reached all-time highs.

A funeral was held in Montreal on Thursday, August 9, 2018, for Paul Gerin-Lajoie, a key architect of education system reforms in Quebec during the 1960s.